A team of researchers from the SETI Institute, Berkeley SETI Research Center and the University of Washington reported an exciting...
Using data from the retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)—a joint project of NASA and the German Space Agency...
Earth’s moon achieved its Swiss cheese appearance from celestial objects crashing into its surface, forming impact craters. But craters weren’t...
A 40 meter-wide radio telescope being built in northeastern Brazil will be able to detect and locate mysterious flashing blasts...
The unique two thin rings around the Centaur Chariklo could be shaped by an even smaller satellite. Chariklo is a...
Two astrophysicists from the Laboratory for Space Research (LSR) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have finally solved a...
NASA’s newest climate satellite rocketed into orbit Thursday to survey the world’s oceans and atmosphere in never-before-seen detail. SpaceX launched...
When did the universe start? When and how did the first stars and galaxies form? What is the fate of...
Black holes are like temperamental toddlers. They spill food all the time, but ESA’s XMM-Newton has caught a black hole...
The Subaru Telescope has spotted the terminal ends of dark matter filaments in the Coma cluster stretching across millions of...
Cosmic dust—like dust on Earth—comprises groupings of molecules that have condensed and stuck together in a grain. But the exact...
When spectacular cosmic events such as galaxy collisions occur, it sets off a reaction to form new stars, and possibly...
